- IATA
- HAV
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- MUHA
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1930
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 5.7M
- in 2017
History & name
José Martí International Airport opened in 1930 and is named after José Martí (1853-1895), the Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist. Operated by Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeroportuarios, it lies 16 km from Havana and recorded 5.7 million passengers in 2017. Its single runway measures 4,000 m.
Named afterJosé Martí — Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
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At a glance
- Full name
- José Martí International Airport
- Serves
- Havana, Cuba
- City centre
- 16 km from Havana
- Opened
- 1930
- Operator
- Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeroportuarios
- Passengers
- 5.7 million in 2017
- Runways
- 1 runway, 4,000 m
- Elevation
- 210 ft (64 m)
Where it sits
23.0°N, 82.4°W puts HAV in the northern hemisphere, 2,556 km from the equator and 7,451 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 368th most northerly, which makes it the 294th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 23.0°S, 97.6°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Perth (PER) in Australia, still 2,064 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Juan Gualberto Gomez (VRA), 100 km away in a straight line. It is the only one within 100 km.
Distances from HAV
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | MIA | 379 km | 58m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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